St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-22
FOUR INQUESTS.
The Coroner Had Plenty to Do at Min
neapolis Yesterday.
INDICATIONS OF A MURDER.
The "Floater" Taken Prom the River
Perhaps Identified as a Leaven-
worth Merchant.

An inquest was held at Connelly's
morgue yesterday afternoon by Deputy
Coroner Towers over the body of Phin-
cas- Chamberlain, who was almost in
stantly killed about o'clock Tuesday
morning, by Jumping from third story
window in the Hale block. The jury
decided that death resulted from injuries
received by jumping or falling
from a window in the Hale
block, corner Hennepin avenue
and Fifth street, and that it occurred
while Chamberlain was temporarily in
sane. The inSinuatiOn in one of the
morning papers that there was some
thing suspicious in regard to the affair
proved to be entirely without founda-
ton, and nearly all the testimony intro
duced pointed clearly to the fact that
chamberlain was extremely nervous
the night previous, and that such nerv-
BUSINESS was probably caused by drink.
Robert Liney, who roomed next to him
in the fiat, said, while on the stand. that
Chamberlain had, in a conversation
with him Monday night, referred to
some trouble, the nature of which he
did not state, and remarked that IF 1t
came out it would kill my wife and ruin
me-" Mr.. Liney wrote letter for
Chamberlain, at his dictatiOn, stating
that he, Chamberlain, was gentleman
and had never caused any trouble
around the house. During the early
part of the night said Mr.. Liney, she
came to my room and told me he wanted
to tell me something, but on my telling
him that in the morning would do as
we'll he went back to his ROOM" F. B.
Wright, an attorney, testified that he
knew Chamberlain: met him Monday,
when Chamberlain complained of feel
Ing sick and, nervous. Mrs. Savage,
who runs the flat, SwOre that for few
days prior to the tragedy, and esq ecially
the evening before, Chamberlain had
been extremely nervous and fretful, and
was filled with fear over some real or
imaginary trouble. He had always
acted the gentleman and she knew of
no reason why he should want to die.
She thought he had been drinking quite
hard for some days, however. The
body will be sent to his wife in Brad
ford, VT, to-day.
THE RAILROADS. VICTIMS.
The cOrOner'S jury which yesterday
afternoon considered the case of Mrs.
Catherine Jones, killed by Milwaukee
short line train Tuesday morning, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth ave-
nueS south, returned verdict to the
effect that the deceased came to her
death by being struck by the train while
attempting to cross the tracks at an
unlawful point, namely, not at regular
crossing. The jury also found, on the
evidence introduced, that the railway
company had violated the city ordinance
in relation to running trains inside the
city limits at rate of speed exceeding
six miles an hour. and recommended
hnf hn nj OF toll in,
regard to the matter.
& THE COMPANY BLAMELESS.
An inquest was held at COnnolly's
morgue yesterday morning on the body
of Harry Toilette, Shorty" who fell
from Manitoba short line train Monday
and was instantly killed. The jury
returned verdict to the effect that
Toilette fell from the train, and the
railway company was not to blame for
his death. 1t was shown in the evidence
that he had been drinking heavily a
short time before the accident. The
remains were shipped to Albany, n. Y,
last night.
A PROBABLE MURDER.
An inquest was begun at Gleason &
ByOrum'S morgue at 2 o'clock yesterday
of the unknown man found Tuesday in
the canal near Washburn A mill, but
after swearing in the jury and taking
the testimony of the men who found the
body the case was adjourned until this
morning in order to procure more evil
dence. The body is in terrible condi-
ton, being almost black from decay,
and so blOated that even if man did
know it he would have hard work to
recognize it. In the dead mans pocket
was found a trunk check, and Coroner
Hill procured the trunk, which was at
the Milwaukee depot, yesterday morn
ing. Among other things in the trunk
were two rubber stamps, worded ''W.
M. O'COnnor. merchant tailor, $40 South
Fifth street, LeavenwOrth, Kan" This
clue will be followed up, and it is eX-
pected that something will come from
it. The man had evidently been muir
dered, as his skull was fractured and
several knlfe-thrustS found On the body.
His watch chain was hanging from his
vest, and an examination showed that it
had been broken off, as though some
one had taken the watch and, being in
a hurry. given the chain pull, which
broke it.
KNOWN IN ST. PAUL.
William Delaney, of st. Panl, who
was well acquainted with Michael
O'COnnOr. formerly proprietor of a
IdliOI SilOp VII ROUcIO SGIcct, Was Scou
by GLOBE reporter last evening. He
said that O'COnnor ran a shop in st.
Paul for some time, then moved to
Minneapolis and afterward went back
to st. Paul, remaining there only short
time. He then left the city and he
heard nothing of him until about two
weeks ago, when he was again in St.
Paul, and apparently he had been on a
long spree. He told several people in
st. Paul that he was working at his
trade in Dubuque, but said nothing of
having been in Kansas. Mr.. Delaney
thought that without doubt the man
found in Minneapolis was the same
man.
WHO HE IS.
Special to the Globe.
LEAvENwORTH, Kan, Sept. 21.-M.
W. O'ConnOr, a tailor, about fifty
five years old, lived in his
shop at 321 South Fifth
street for two years previous to
his departure last March. He
lived alone, having neither
family nor society connections,
and had not much money. His habits